US7309065B2 - Interactive simulated baccarat side bet apparatus and method - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an automated gaming platform, particularly an automated gaming platform that can support multiple players, automated gaming apparatus with a virtual dealt on a multi-player platform, and the implementation of baccarat games and methods on the platform with a side bet in the baccarat game.
- live table games In the gaming industry, significant gambling occurs at live table games that use playing cards and a live dealer.
- Exemplary live table games include blackjack, poker, poker variants such as Let It Ride® stud poker, baccarat, casino war and other games.
- the cards are dealt by a live dealer to the players, to a flop and/or to the dealer.
- the use of playing cards provided by a live dealer has a number of associated limitations and disadvantages that have long plagued the casino industry. Some of these are of general concern to all or most playing card games. Others are problems associated with the use of playing cards in particular games. Some of the principal concerns and problems are discussed below.
- the use of playing cards at live table games typically involves several operational requirements that are time-consuming. These operations are conveniently described as collecting, shuffling, dealing and reading of the cards. In many card games there is also a step of cutting the deck after it has been shuffled. In the collecting operation, a live dealer typically collects the cards just played at the end of a hand of play. This is done in preparation for playing the next hand of cards. The cards must often be collected in the specific order in which they had appeared in the play of the game and must also be collected in a specific orientation, such as all cards being in a facedown or face-up condition. The cards also are typically straightened into a stack with the long sides and short sides aligned.
- shuffling When shuffling is needed, it involves a break in the action of the table game and consumes a significant amount of time. Shuffling is also the most time consuming operation in preparing for the next hand. Thus, shuffling is of substantial financial significance to the casino industry because it requires significant time and reduces the number of hands that can be played per hour or other period of time.
- the earnings of casinos are primarily dependent upon the total number of hands played. This is true because the casino on average wins a certain percent of the amounts wagered, and many or most casinos are open on a 24-hour basis. Thus, earnings are limited by the number of hands that can be played per hour. In light of this there has been a significant and keen interest by casino owners to develop practices that allow more games to be played in a given amount of time.
- Casinos have recognized that their efforts to reduce cheating would be improved if the casino had comprehensive information on the cards which have been played, the amounts bet, the players and dealers involved and other information about actions which have taken place at the card tables. This is of particular importance in assessing the use of stacked decks. It is also important where card tracking is occurring. Additional explanation about card tracking is discussed below.
- the information desired by the casinos includes knowing the sequence and exact cards being dealt. It would be even more advantageous to the casino if physical cards and live dealers could be eliminated, as this would remove almost all major existing methods of fraud from casino table card games.
- Card shoes having card detection capability.
- Card shoes hold a stack of cards containing typically from one to eight decks of cards. The cards are held in the card shoe in preparation for dealing and to secure the deck within a device that restricts access to the cards and helps prevent card manipulations.
- Card shoes can be fit with optical or magnetic sensors that detect the cards as they are being dealt.
- card shoes One advantage of such card shoes is that the card sequence information can be collected in a machine-readable format by sensing the specific nature (suit and rank) of each card as they are dealt out of the card shoe.
- card shoes have special requirements for the cards being used. Such cards must carry magnetic coding or are specifically adapted for optical reading. This increases the cost of the cards and may not fully resolve the problems and difficulties in obtaining accurate information concerning sequence information.
- the automated data collecting card shoes also do not have an inherent means for collecting data on the assignment of the card to a particular player or the dealer. They further do not collect data on the amounts bet. These factors thus require some other manual or partially automated data collection system to be used, or require that time-consuming human analysis be performed using video tapes as explained above.
- Card tracking can be thought of as being of two types. Sequential card tracking involves determination of the specific ordering of the card deck or decks being dealt. This can be determined or closely estimated for runs of cards, sequences of cards forming a portion or portions of a stack. Sequential card tracking can be devastating to a casino since a player taking advantage of such information can bet large in a winning situation and change the odds in favor of the player and against the casino.
- Slug tracking involves determining runs of the deck or stack that show a higher frequency of certain important cards. For example, in the play of blackjack there are a relatively large number of 10-count cards. These 10-count cards are significant in producing winning blackjack hands or 20-count hands that are also frequently winning hands. Gamblers who are proficient in tracking slugs containing large numbers of 10-count cards can gain an advantage over the house and win in blackjack.
- the accomplice has improved odds of winning and this can be sufficient to turn the long-term odds in favor of the accomplice-player and against the casino.
- Many casinos do not allow the dealer to look at or inspect the down card until all insurance wagers have been made or declined.
- Another type of attempt for simulating casino table card games is the use of a bank of individual player positions associated with a single dealer position in an attempt to simulate the physical ambience of a live casino table card game.
- Such systems are shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,397,509 (Miller); U.S. Pat. No. 4,614,342 (Takashima); U.S. Pat. No. 4,995,615 (Cheng); U.S. Pat. No. 5,470,080 (Naku); and Published U.S. Patent Applications 2002/0169013 (Serizawa); 2003/0199316 (Miyamoto); and the like.
- These systems have a video display of a dealer and have individual monitors for display of the players' hands and the dealer hands.
- the architecture of these systems has generally been designed on a unique basis for each game, and there tends to be a main computer/processor that drives all elements of the game, or two computers/processors that distribute the video control of the dealer image and the remainder of the game elements between the two distinct computer/processors. This tends to maximize the cost of the system and tends to provide a slow system with high processing power demands to keep the operation working at speeds needed to maximize use and profit from the machines.
- Sines U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,651,985 and 6,270,404 describe an automated system for playing live casino table games having tabletop changeable playing card displays and play monitoring security features.
- Sines U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,069 describes an automated system for playing live casino table games having tabletop changeable playing card displays and monitoring security features.
- lines 29-54 show that there are distinct CPU's for the (audio and video, 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 ) which is driven by the Sub-CPU, which is turn connected to the main CPU ( 201 ), with an additional sub-CPU 204 directing the motion sensor system 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , and 32 .
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,221,083 (Dote, SEGA Enterprises, Ltd.) describes a blackjack automated game system that has a reflected video image of a dealer and also has individual satellite player positions, with individual CRT monitors for each player. There is no disclosure of the type of information processing hardware in the system.
- FIGS. 6-10 show circuit construction and hardware considerations in the design of the system, including communication architecture. This system provides a count display (e.g., LED display) at each player position to show the player count and dealer count (as appropriate) that is determined from reading of the physical cards. Physical playing chips are also used; with no credit wagering capability is shown.
- a count display e.g., LED display
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,159,549 describes a system that provides a multiple player game data processing unit with wager accounting. There are distinct player stations with player input on wagering. There may be a limited amount of intelligence at player stations (see column 4, line 1 through column 7, line 55), but there are multiple lines to each player station.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,614,342 (Takashima) describes an electronic game machine with distinct display units (CRT screens) at the player positions and the dealer position.
- the dealer screen ( 10 ) does not show an image of a dealer, but shows the dealer's card(s) and game information.
- the system provided is more like a bank of slot systems than a card table.
- each player position includes a player data processor CPU ( 30 ) with player memory ( 32 ).
- the central dealer computer apparently polls the individual player data processors to obtain the status of the events at each position (column 4, lines 1-60; and column 3, lines 8-17).
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,586,936 (Bennett et al., assigned to Mikohn Gaming) teaches a ticketless control system for monitoring player activity at a table game, such as blackjack. Physical cards and physical chips are shown. Player identity cards identify each player entering play at a table, and a separate ticket printer issues a results ticket ( 500 ) at the end of play or reads the ticket at the beginning of play. There is no distinct intelligence apparent at each player position, and there is a central CPU that controls the system (e.g., FIG. 8 ). Physical chips and a real dealer are apparently used. A phone line ( 630 ) is connected from each player position to the CPU ( 820 ) through a communications port ( 814 ).
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,995,615 (Cheng) describes a method and apparatus for performing fair card play. There are individual player positions with individual screens ( 12 ) provided for each player. There are three vertical, card-display screens ( 11 , 13 , 11 ) shown for “receiving instructions from the computer to display sequentially the cards being distributed throughout the processing of the play . . . ” (Column 4, lines 4-13). There is no visual display of a dealer, there are individual player image panels, and no details of the architecture are shown or described.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,879,235; 5,976,019; and 6,394,898, assigned to SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. relate to non-card game systems, such as horse race simulators or ball game simulators (e.g., roulette). There is no dealer or croupier simulation.
- the horse race simulator is an automated miniature track with physically moving game elements.
- the point of interest is in evaluating the architecture to see how the intelligence is distributed between the player stations and the wagering screen.
- the system again shows individual monitors at each player position ( 80 , 81 ) and no dealer display.
- the schematics of the electrical architecture in FIG. 11 shows a main board that also includes a Picture Control Section ( 95 ), Sound Control Section ( 96 ), and a communication control section ( 107 ). There is a distinct picture output board ( 108 ).
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,607,443 (Miyamoto et al., Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises) shows an automated gaming table device in which there is an upright screen that displays a dealer's image.
- the particular purpose described in this patent is for recognition of sound and hand movement by players, but there is some description of the dealer screen display.
- Column 7, line 45 through column 9, line 8 describes the images of the dealer provided on the main central screen 7 during game play.
- 5,221,083 shows an automated gaming machine with a vertical image of a dealer presented to players sitting at a kiosk-type counsel.
- the screen or upright portion 2 has an image of a dealer 4 on a background or georama 13 that is formed on the inner surface of the upright portion 2 .
- the table 5 is disposed in front of the pillars 14 and the image of the dealer 4 behind the pillars 14 .
- the georama 13 is a physical image or construction, and the image of the dealer is originated in a CRT (e.g., 17) lying with the screen horizontal, and the image from the CRT 17 is reflected from a 45 degree mirror 20 for display to the players. This gives the illusion of the dealer being between the table and the georama background.
- the georama is a physical element, and has no video background at all.
- the dealer image is a reflected image, not a direct image. The reference appears to describe a distinct dealer image set against a backdrop of a scene.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,007,487 (Vlahos, Motion Picture Academy of America) describes an improved electronic compositing procedure and apparatus.
- the process is typically used in the blue screen process and it is suitable for processing motion pictures of professional quality and the like.
- the invention provides compensation for color impurity in the backing illumination over a continuous range of effective transparencies of the foreground scene.
- Applicant's previous method for limiting the blue video component for the foreground scene to permit reproduction of light blue foreground objects is improved by a dual limitation criterion which simultaneously suppresses blue flare light from the backing reflected by foreground objects of selected colors, typically including grey scale and flesh tones.
- the control signal for attenuating the background scene is developed as a difference function predominantly only at areas occupied by opaque or partially transparent foreground objects, and is developed predominantly as a ratio function at unobstructed backing areas, thereby compensating undesired variations in brightness of the backing illumination, while permitting desired shadows on the backing to be reproduced in the composite picture.
- This is an overlay imaging process for video imaging.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,100,569 discloses an electronic circuit for combining foreground and background pictures substantially linearly, and included special arrangements for accommodating objects including both blue and magenta colors in the foreground.
- the system as described merges of foreground and background pictures through a wide range of transparency of the foreground objects.
- the edges of moving objects are shown as being partially transparent to provide the illusion of rapid movement.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,344,085 (Vlahos, Vlahos-Gottschalk Research) describes a blue screen imaging compositing process using a clean-up circuit that eliminates problems caused by footprints, dust, and dirt on the “blue-screen” floor or other single color backing for the foreground scene, by modifying the basic linear background control signal by using a dual control signal.
- the normal linear control signal operates over the entire picture in the normal manner.
- the second control signal is generated by amplifying the linear control signal and inserting it back into the control circuits via a linear OR gate.
- any selected level of the background control signal E c below 100 percent may be raised to 100 percent without influencing the lower levels of E c .
- any semi-transparency object for example the undesired footprint
- the background scene turn-on signal is raised to full intensity levels.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,661,425 describes a method for overlapping images in a display.
- An information input/output device has an intuitive operating feeling and improved information viewing and discriminating properties.
- the device comprises an superposing image extraction unit extracting a portion for super positional display from an image to output the extracted image portion as an superposing image, a mask pattern generating unit generating a mask pattern, effectors processing the superposing image, and the mask pattern based on the effect designation information, and a base image generating unit synthesizing the mask pattern image and the original image to generate a base image.
- the device also comprises a switcher, brightness/contrast controllers adjusting the brightness or contrast of the display image switching means, a control unit, super positional image display unit for superposed demonstration of display image planes of the displays and a display position adjustment mechanism.
- the display information of the image for display in superposition is demonstrated at a position that appears to be floated or recessed from the basic display plane.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,469,747 describes a video signal mixer with a parabolic signal mixing function, especially useful in scene-by-scene color correction systems and “blue screen” video masking applications.
- the mixer effects mixing two independent signal sources while smoothly controlling the rate of change during mixing.
- An input stage receives a first video signal and a second video signal.
- the mixing circuit mixes the first video signal with the second video signal based on a predetermined parabolic function.
- An aperture signal circuit in the mixer allows a degree of operator control over the parabolic function.
- An output stage provides a parabolized output signal.
- the output signal which comprises the mixture of the first video signal and the second video signal, eliminates discontinuities in regions of the signal which would otherwise produce discontinuities in prior art types of video signal mixers. There is no specific description of the combining of live images on the screen with a preprogrammed image.
- wagering games used for gambling. Such games should be exciting to arouse players' interest and uncomplicated so they can be understood easily by a large number of players. Ideally, the games should include more than one wagering opportunity during the course of the game, yet be able to be played rapidly to a wager resolving outcome. Exciting play, the opportunity to make more than one wager and rapid wager resolution enhance players' interest and enjoyment because the frequency of betting opportunities and bet resolutions is increased.
- Wagering games particularly those intended primarily for play in casinos, should provide players with a sense of participation and control, the opportunity to make decisions, and reasonable odds of winning, even though the odds favor the casino, house, dealer or banker.
- the game must also meet the requirements of regulatory agencies.
- Wagering games including wagering games for casino play, with multiple wagering opportunities are known.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,861,041 and 5,087,405 both to Jones et al. disclose methods and apparatus for progressive jackpot gaming, respectively. The former patent discloses that a player may make an additional wager at the beginning of a hand, the outcome of the additional wager being determined by of a predetermined arrangement of cards in the player's hand.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,836,553 discloses a modified version of a five card stud poker game.
- a game of blackjack begins by having each player place an initial wager.
- the blackjack dealer then distributes two cards face-down to each player and two cards-one face up and another face down—to him or herself. After the player has examined the two dealt cards and compared those cards with the face-up dealer's card, a number of options present themselves to the player. The player may “stand” (i.e., take no further cards), draw one or more additional cards in order to increase the numeric sum of the hand, double down (a form of progressive wagering), or split the two cards.
- the player may elect to buy insurance against the possibility that the dealer has a blackjack. If, after the dealer's face-down card is revealed, the dealer does not have a blackjack, the player loses the amount that was paid as insurance (although he or she may go on to ultimately win that deal). If, on the other hand, the dealer has a blackjack, the player collects double the amount of insurance bought (but may still lose the amount of the original wager).
- the option of purchasing insurance is unique to blackjack type games and has not, heretofore, been available in poker-style games. The broad rules of blackjack are generally known to those skilled in the art and a fuller description may be found in the materials previously incorporated by reference.
- side bet wagers have provided an additional level of excitement and a chance for increased awards to be made in table games.
- the side bet in Over and Under 13 is limited to a one-to-one payout, so again, large payouts are provided with only large wagers.
- Such games as Minnesota 21TM provide higher bonuses (e.g., as much as $500 on a one dollar side bet for three consecutive blackjacks) with a side bet or house take based on the level of the underlying wagers. Other payouts that are multiples of the house take are based on hands of 6-7-8, blackjacks in suit, and the like.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,296,251 describes a baccarat or blackjack game with a payout that is a multiple of the initial wager (there is no side bet or additional wager beyond the wager on the underlying game).
- the broadest concept of the game described is as a method of playing a casino card game that is based on card hand numerical totals (e.g., blackjack and baccarat) and includes a player core wager, the core wager being the only wager required for the player to participate in the game.
- the method comprises establishing a dealer hand having a numerical total and a player hand having a numerical total; and paying a variable payoff according to the player core wager that varies according to an amount of numerical difference between the dealer hand numerical total and the player hand numerical total.
- a typical pay table for blackjack is described as
- Player Wins By Payoff 4 4 to 1 3 3 to 1 2 2 to 1 1 1 to 1
- a multi-player automated casino table card game platform enables play of casino table poker-type games according to rules effected through a processor. It is thus an aspect of the invention to provide a method and apparatus for playing a baccarat-type card game that overcomes some of the limitations associated with conventional casino baccarat games such as repetitiveness, lack of multiple odds, and the like. It is another aspect of the invention to provide a baccarat-type card game incorporating a variable payoff based on a side wager as to either a natural count of 8 or 9 being obtained on the first two cards or the magnitude of the difference between a player's hand point count and a banker's hand point count. The player may place a side bet on the player's hand or the banker's hand. The hand that was bet on must be higher in rank than the hand that was not bet on by the player in order for the player to qualify to receive a payout on the side bet.
- a casino game is provided that can be played on existing baccarat tables with minor side bet placement identification markings on the layout and different printed rules.
- the game according to the invention is a Baccarat derivative or Mini-Baccarat derivative, wherein there are two potential payouts in addition to normal play of the game.
- One payoff for wagering on a winning hand is based upon the hand that is wagered upon having a natural (two-card) 8-count or 9-count.
- a second payout is based upon the size of the difference between player hand point count and banker hand point counts, with the hand that the player has bet on being higher in rank than the other hand. For example, the player could win the side bet by placing a bet on the dealer hand, and the dealer hand beating the “player” hand by a predetermined minimum point difference.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a prior art format for an automated gaming system.
- FIG. 2 shows an overhead view of a prior art format for an automated gaming system.
- FIG. 3 shows a side view of a prior art format for an automated gaming system.
- FIG. 4 shows a block schematic of the electronic configuration of a prior art animated gaming system.
- FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a format for an automated gaming system according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 shows a frontal view of a gaming engine useful in the practice of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic of a player station useful in the practice of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic of a preferred embodiment of a game display useful in the practice of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 shows a basic table format for a standard baccarat-type game.
- FIG. 10 shows a top plan view of a mini baccarat-type game with BIG BONUS WIN wagering side bet played on a multiple player platform.
- FIG. 11 is a top elevation view of an exemplary gaming table surface of a multiple player platform device, configured to execute the game play steps of Mini-Baccarrat with a Dragon Bonus side bet.
- the games of the present invention may be implemented as live table games, television or cable game show games, video poker gaming machine platforms, hand-held games for play, multiple player interactive wagering platform games (with kiosk formats, single player screens, community screens, and/or banks of seats for players with a common dealer screen), cell phone games, games downloadable from the internet, parlor games, games executed on personal computers, hand-held personal games, palm pilots, play stations and the like.
- live table games television or cable game show games
- video poker gaming machine platforms hand-held games for play
- multiple player interactive wagering platform games with kiosk formats, single player screens, community screens, and/or banks of seats for players with a common dealer screen
- cell phone games games downloadable from the internet
- parlor games games executed on personal computers
- hand-held personal games palm pilots, play stations and the like.
- a player is usually given the option on playing (wagering on) either the player's hand or the banker's hand. This is accomplished by placing the wager in a designated space for a wager on the banker's hand or the player's hand.
- a commission is usually extracted from the winning bets on the banker's hand (e.g., 5% of the winning bet on the banker's hand), because the banker usually wins more often than the player. No commissions are paid to the house when the player bets on the player hand. There may also be a separate wager placed on the occurrence that the banker's hand and the player's hand will tie. Depending on the odds provided by the house (usually from 8:1, 9:1 or 10:1), the house advantage is between 4.5% and 15%.
- an apparatus configured for playing a card game having a display, a player interface, and a controller receiving input from the player interface, the controller including circuitry for effecting game play and including structure for receiving a base game wager from a player and the optional BIG WIN BONUS wager and for dealing hands of cards to a player and a dealer, and a processing circuit operatively coupled with the receiving and dealing structure.
- the processing circuit determines an outcome of the base card game and if necessary, separately calculates separate numerical values of the base game hands to score the bonus wager. In one preferred form of the invention, the numerical hand values are used to determine the outcome in the base game.
- an apparatus for playing a casino card game that is based on card hand numerical totals and includes a player base game wager and the BIG WIN BONUS wager.
- both bets are optional.
- both bets are mandatory, the bonus bet is mandatory or just the base game bet is mandatory.
- the apparatus includes a display, a player interface, and a controller receiving input from the player interface.
- the controller includes circuitry for effecting game play and structure for paying a variable payoff according to the player base game wager and the bonus game wager based on a difference between a dealer hand numerical total and a player hand numerical total.
- the method and apparatus according to the present invention will be described in conjunction with its application to a casino environment, thus incorporating wagers, payouts, etc.
- Those of ordinary skill in the art will readily comprehend alternative applications of the present invention outside a casino environment, and the invention is not meant to be limited to the described application.
- the game may be embodied in a video game that is played for entertainment purposes against a computer or the like.
- players may play the game without wagers in a head-to-head format with one player acting as a dealer, with the players simply keeping track of wins and losses.
- the number of card decks used for the game according to the invention may be one or more. Typically eight decks are used in the play of baccarat.
- Each player places a base game baccarat wager in a respective betting area in order to participate in the game.
- the base wager may be the only wager, or the game may be played with the base game wager mandatory and the BIG WIN BONUS wager optional, both bets are required, or the BIG WIN BONUS is the only wager required for a player to participate in the game.
- the game it is possible for the game to be played with a wager on only the BIG WIN Bonus wager and with no underlying wager being placed on the baccarat-type game, but it is preferred that the underlying wager on the baccarat game must be placed to enter in the BIG WIN BONUS game.
- the designated player receives two cards in rotation (one card at a time) or in sequence (two cards at a time) with the banker receiving two cards face down.
- the player elects how to play the player hand according to the game rules, which may be printed on the table top (not shown).
- the banker's hand is played according to the game rules, and all wagers are settled according to the payoff scales.
- the player wins the card game according to the rules the player is paid a payoff based on the base game wager and then the BIG WIN BONUS wager/payout is determined by a numerical difference between the player's hand and the dealer's hand, depending upon which hand is wagered upon.
- the player might receive a 1:1 payout for playing the banker hand, when the banker hand is a 6 and the player hand is a 4.
- the player would not receive a payout on the bonus hand because the minimum point spread to obtain a payout when the bet upon hand is not a natural is 5. Since the player did not obtain a natural or beat the opposing hand by 5 points or more, no bonus payout is awarded.
- the present invention there is a fixed bonus payoff for a natural in addition to any payoff on the underlying game wager and a variable payoff paid according to the player's side bet wager based on a difference between the hand numerical total bet on by the player to participate in the bonus game and the numerical total of the opposing hand.
- the bonus point spreads are evaluated on the basis of a) point totals, and b) whether the player bet on the higher ranking hand.
- this methodology effects greater enjoyment for players with the possibility of higher payoffs than in conventional Baccarat and also enables novice and inexperienced players to play the underlying game with fixed rules.
- FIG. 9 A typical standard baccarat-type wagering game table 2 is shown in FIG. 9 .
- the game table 2 has 15 player positions 4 numbered 1-15.
- Adjacent to the Player's wager area 6 is an area 8 labeled as B-A-N-K-E-R-S for placement of the individual Player's wagers on the Banker's hand.
- Each player may place a bet or bets, even if that player is not designated to receive the player cards.
- Further interior on the table 2 is a series of spaces 8 numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and spaces 10 numbered 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 (one space for each Player again) for placement of the tie wager.
- Play is usually begun by having the dealer shoe (of multiple decks of shuffled cards) passed to a player (e.g., beginning with the player in seat number 1).
- the player in the dealing position must make at least a wager of the minimum table requirement.
- the bet must be directed to the player's hand or the banker's hand. Since the banker's hand has a higher likelihood of winning, the first player will usually wager on the banker's hand.
- the shoe is passed to the next player when the first dealer loses a hand or relinquishes the deal.
- the banker's hand In traditional baccarat, only two hands are dealt in play. One hand is referred to as the banker's hand and the other hand is referred to as the player's hand.
- the first and third cards are dealt to the caller (a casino operator who calls the cards) and the second and fourth cards are dealt to the banker. All cards are dealt face down.
- the caller may slide the Banker's cards to a player (usually the player with the highest wager), although security concerns have limited this courtesy in card play. Both the player's hand and the banker's hand are then passed to the caller. He positions the hands in the appropriate positions and views the hands.
- a standard set of rules of play for the game with regard to play of the hand is:
- Player's 2-Card Hand Action 0 to 5 Player may draw 1 card 6 or higher Player must stand When the player stands (does not draw), the rules for the banker are:
- the placement position 14 for placement of wager payouts for the player's that is positioned in front of the caller's position 12 may also be used for placement of the BIG WIN BONUS wager.
- the players may pass the wager to the caller/dealer, and the wagers on the bonus game placed before the deal of the game.
- Two additional rows of such betting positions may be provided, one for making the BIG WIN BONUS wager on the banker's hand and the other for placement of the BIG WIN BONUS wager on the player's hand.
- the player may place the primary bet on either hand, and may place the bonus bet on either hand.
- the player may choose to play the banker's hand on the base game and the player's hand on the bonus game.
- both the player's underlying game wager is made on the player's hand wager positions 4 and the banker's hand positions 6 , and in the player of BIG WIN BONUS, when all players have been given the option to place the bonus wager.
- each player position 26 on the table 20 is provided with two distinct wagering areas 22 and 24 .
- These wagering positions may represent separate wagering areas 22 and 24 that may be bet placement area that are marked, for example, by printing on the table 20 top 30 to mark area 22 as a banker's hand BIG WIN BONUS wager and area 24 as a player's hand BIG WIN BONUS wager.
- two bet accepting structures e.g., proximity detectors, slots, sensors, etc.
- the side bet game of the present invention can be played in conjunction with traditional baccarat
- the side bet is offered with the game of mini baccarat.
- the rules of mini baccarat are essentially the same, except the dealer handles all of the cards. Each player is free to bet on the player hand or the dealer hand, as in traditional baccarat. If the player makes a side bet, the hand upon which the side bet is placed must rank higher than the other hand in order to qualify for a payout in the bonus game.
- the hitting schedule may not be identical to that of traditional baccarat, the basic game is essentially the same, with the object of the game being to bet on the hand that achieves a point value closest to 9.
- the player In order to win the side bet, the player must have made the side bet wager on a hand that is either a natural (a two card 8 or 9) or beats the competing hand by a minimum predetermined point spread, such as 5, 6 or 7 points (5 is preferred), for example.
- the basic baccarat-type game including the BIG WIN BONUS event may be generally described as a method of playing a wagering baccarat-type card game comprising both an underlying (preferably a baccarat-type) card game and an auxiliary card game.
- the play of the game generally comprises placing at least one first wager on the underlying card game.
- the house rules may allow the player to participate in either the base game, the auxiliary game or both the base game and the auxiliary game.
- the first wager may be placed on a player's hand or on a banker's hand.
- the player has an option of placing a second, side bet wager on the auxiliary card game.
- This second, side bet wager may be independently placed on the player hand or the banker hand.
- the player has the option to: a) place both bets on the player hand; b) place both bets on the banker hand; c) place a base bet on the banker hand and the auxiliary bet on the player hand; or d) place a base bet on the player hand and the auxiliary bet on the banker hand.
- the player is dealt a first number of cards (preferably one or usually two cards).
- the banker sometimes referred to as a dealer
- the same number of cards as was dealt to the player.
- the initial hand of cards need not be limited to two cards, but this is a preferred form of play.
- the base game also need not be limited to a game in which the point value of each card is summed in the base game.
- the underlying game could be a three card poker game against a dealer hand, in which the point total of the hand in only the auxiliary game is summed to determine whether a bonus payout has been won.
- the rules of the game may or may not allow the player to draw additional cards. For example, if the base game is three card poker, each player and dealer each receive three cards.
- the base game is resolved using a known hierarchy of three card poker rankings, and then the point values of those assigned in baccarat or blackjack are used to determine whether the player has won the side bet.
- the selected minimum winning point spread may be different than the five point minimum preferred in the game of baccarat.
- the player still has an option of playing either the player or dealer base game hand, and playing (or not playing) the optional side bet on either the player or dealer hand.
- the player After the player views that player's cards, the player evaluates a point count in the player's hand. If the player has wagered on the player's hand and there is a natural (a count of 8 or 9 with the first two cards), the player will have won part of the bonus event. The player continues the game by a) accepting a card or b) declining a card and staying with the original point count. If house rules dictate when the player must take a hit, the player must abide by those rules. The banker's cards are then exposed, the banker takes or declines cards based upon the rules of the game. As noted above, these rules may vary among casinos and may vary according to the play of the bonus game of the invention. Resolution of the first wager is made.
- the player's hand and the banker's hand are compared to determine if the player has qualified to win a bonus payout amount.
- Resolution of the bonus wager according to the rules of the bonus event may be selected from the group consisting of:
- the game according to the present invention is simple to learn.
- the rule is that it is the player's goal to achieve a total single digit point count that is higher than the banker's hand single digit point count. If the player has bet on the higher ranking hand, he or she is typically paid 1:1 on the base game bet.
- the bonus game could be scored using numerical values, while the base game is scored utilizing other scoring rules, such as the rules of poker.
- a method of playing a card game including the steps of (a) receiving a core base wager from a player; (b) dealing hands of cards to a player and a dealer; (c) determining an outcome of the card game according to rules of the card game; (d) determining the point value of the player and dealer hands in the base game and (e) whether or not the player wins the card game according to the rules of the base card game, paying the player a payoff based on the BIG WIN BONUS wager determined by a numerical difference between the player's hand and the banker's hand.
- Step (b) may be practiced by dealing initial or partial two-card Baccarat hands of cards to the player and the dealer, and step (c) may be practiced according to the rules of Baccarat or Mini-Baccarat.
- step (c) is preferably practiced by (c 1 ) the player determining a numerical total of the player's hand; (c 2 ) the player effecting one or more game options according to the rules of Baccarat (c 3 ) the dealer determining a numerical total of the dealer's hand.
- the payout on the underlying baccarat game may be practiced by declaring the wager a push if the player hand numerical total is equal to the dealer hand numerical total.
- the difference between the player's hand count and the dealer's hand count would always be below the minimum difference for the BIG WIN BONUS, although a wager on that bonus may still be paid based on the occurrence of a natural hand.
- the house would pay the player a variable payoff based on the BIG WIN BONUS wager according to the numerical difference between the player's hand and the dealer's hand if the player hand numerical total exceeds the banker hand numerical total or the banker hand numerical total exceeds the player hand numerical total by the minimum amount.
- the player forfeits the BIG WIN BONUS wager if the dealer hand numerical total exceeds the player hand numerical total.
- the player placed the bonus wager on is a natural, the player is paid for achieving that outcome, but not paid additionally for obtaining a point spread below the minimum.
- variable payoff is determined according to the following schedule:
- the pay table is the same for the player hand and the banker hand.
- An exemplary pay table for one preferred embodiment is shown below:
- the hit frequency is expected to be approximately 25.3% on the player hand and 24.3% on the Banker hand using the above pay table.
- the house edge is approximately 2.2% on the player hand and about 10.5% on the banker hand.
- the player were to bet on the player hand and received a 9 point natural, and the dealer hand was 3 points, the player wins 1:1 on the bonus bet and another 5:1 on the point spread. In another example of the invention, only the highest payout pays, and the player would win 5:1 only on the bonus bet.
- the range of bonus payouts may be preferably within the range of:
- the base game may be practiced according to the rules of War, blackjack, three card poker, five card poker, seven card poker or other known casino game.
- the specific point spread and associated payout odds would necessarily vary, and would be determined by the game mathematics.
- all face cards and ten cards in the hand could be assigned a value of zero or 10, regardless of the rules of the underlying game.
- a method of playing a casino card game that is capable of being evaluated on card hand numerical totals for the purpose of scoring the auxiliary game and includes a player base game wager and the bonus game wager.
- the method includes paying a variable payoff according to the player bonus wager based on a difference between a dealer hand numerical total and a player hand numerical total.
- the base game may pay odds, or may pay variable odds, depending upon the rules of the game.
- the variable payoff is preferably determined according to a predetermined payout schedule.
- the house rules could provide that the player be paid a payout for absolute point spreads between the player and banker (or dealer) hands, regardless of the selection of hands. In other words, the player could place a side bet on the occurrence of a point spread of five or more points, regardless of which hand is higher.
- This rule variation would necessarily require a modification of (a lowering of at least some) payout odds for the various point spread combinations, as the combinations would occur more frequently under this set of game rules.
- Still another aspect of the present invention is to provide a wagering game that is easy to learn, yet demands skill of players in making strategic decisions about whether to withdraw a portion of the bet. It is yet another aspect of the present invention to provide a unique, exciting card game for play in casinos or at home and on various media including casino tables, video poker machines, video lottery terminals or home computers. It is an advantage of the game of the present invention that wagering decisions are inherent in the game. The game enhances players' sense of participation and takes advantage of players' inclination to keep wagers at risk once placed. The interdependency of at least two bets further encourages players to let bets remain at risk.
- Apparatus for playing the wagering game according to the method outlined above.
- a typical gaming table with a playing surface, is modified to include specific areas that provide locations for placing the wagers and for displaying the common cards.
- a card shuffling machine such as that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,807,884 or other shuffling machines manufactured by Shuffle Master Gaming, Inc. of Las Vegas, Nev. for facilitating and speeding the play of the wagering game may be used.
- a display device may be associated with the apparatus for displaying game information, shuffle status, or other information relevant to the dealer, the players or the house.
- the table may seat at least two players up to the amount of players that can be configured about the table and have a view of the dealer video display system.
- each gaming system will have at least four player available positions, with space determinations considered as to whether there would be 4, 5, 6 or 7 player positions.
- a surface of the table will include a generally continuous display screen on the surface for showing all player hands, community cards, dealer hands and any other cards used to play the game for any purpose. Touch screen player controls or conventional push button controls may also be provided. A majority of the table surface comprises a video monitor in one example of the invention. Where there are no touch screen controls, the table surface may include player control panels at each player station near the continuous display screen.
- the use of a continuous display screen offers some significant advantages in simulating or recreating a standard card table surface. Cards may be readily viewed by other players at a table, which is standard in table games and adds to player enjoyment. Individual monitors, especially where slanted towards the individual players make such table-wide card reading difficult.
- full screen (continuous) display also allows for better animation to be provided, such as displaying virtual images of cards moving to the player and “virtual” chips being placed on the table when wagers are indicated.
- virtual means a graphical video representation of a real object or person, such as a dealer, cards and chips, for example.
- the individual player positions preferably have a separate intelligence at each player position that accepts player input and communicates directly with a game engine (main game computer or processor).
- the intelligence is preferably an intelligent board that can process information.
- intelligent refers to the ability to execute code, either provided in the form of software or hardware circuits. Such processing may at least comprise some of signal converting (e.g., signals from player card readers, credit deposit, currency readers, coin readers, touch screen signals, control panel signals) into a signal that can be included in an information packet and interpreted by the main game computer when the signal is sent.
- Communication between the intelligence at each player position is direct to the main game computer and may be by self-initiated signal sending, sequenced polling by the main game computer (e.g., each position communicates directly to the main game computer in turn), timed communication, or any other order of communication that is direct between the intelligence and the main game computer.
- main game computer One preferred form of communication between the main game computer and player station computers is by means of self-initiated signal sending.
- main game computer contains video display controls and programs for both the dealer display and the table top display, audio controls and programs, game rules (including storage of multiple games if intended to be available on the machine), random number generator, graphic images, game sequence controls, security systems, wager accounting programs, external signaling and audit functions, and the like.
- game rules including storage of multiple games if intended to be available on the machine
- random number generator graphic images
- game sequence controls security systems
- wager accounting programs external signaling and audit functions, and the like.
- the above functions are divided between a main processor and one or more additional processors.
- the intelligence at each player position speeds up the performance of all aspects of the game by being able to communicate directly with the main game computer and being able to process information at the player position rather than merely forwarding the information in raw form to the main game computer. Processing player information at player positions frees up resources for use by the main processor or processors.
- a card game system may also include a suitable data and control processing subsystem that is largely contained within a main control module supported beneath the tabletop.
- the control and data processing subsystem includes a suitable power supply for converting alternating current from the power main as controlled by a main power switch.
- the power supply transforms the alternating line current to a suitable voltage and to a direct current supply.
- Power is supplied to a power distribution and sensor/activity electronics control circuit.
- Commercially available power switching and control circuits may be provided in the form of a circuit board which is detachable, and plugs into a board receptacle of a computer mother board or an expansion slot board receptacle.
- a main game controller motherboard may include a central microprocessor and related components well-known in the industry as computers using Intel brand Pentium® microprocessors and related memory or intelligence from any other manufacturing source.
- a variety of different configurations and types of memory devices can be connected to the motherboard as is well known in the art.
- Display control boards are each capable of controlling the images displayed for the dealer video display and for each of the player position display areas on the continuous display screen on the table and other operational parameters of the video displays used in the gaming system. More specifically, the display control boards are connected to player bet interfaces circuits for the player stations. This arrangement also allows the display control boards to provide necessary image display data to the display electronic drive circuits associated with the dealing event program displays and the dealer display.
- the motherboard and/or the individual player intelligent boards also includes a serial port that allows stored data to be downloaded from the motherboard to a central casino computer or other additional storage device.
- each player board communicates directly with the casino computer system. This allows card game action data to be analyzed in various ways using added detail, or by providing integration with data from multiple tables so that cheating schemes can be identified and eliminated, and player tracking can be maintained. Player performance and/or skill can be tracked at one table or as a compilation from gaming at multiple tables, as by using BloodhoundTM security software marketed by Shuffle Master, Inc., which may be incorporated into this automated gaming system. Additionally, player hand analysis can be performed.
- the motherboard and/or individual player intelligent boards may also have a keyboard connection port that can be used to connect a larger format keyboard to the system to facilitate programming and servicing of the system.
- Card readers such as used with credit cards, or other identification code reading devices can be added in the system to allow or require player identification in connection with play of the card game and associated recording of game action by one of the processors.
- a user identification interface for example a card reader located at each player station, can be implemented in the form of a variety of magnetic card readers commercially available for reading user-specific identification information.
- the user-specific information can be provided on specially constructed magnetic cards issued by a casino, or magnetically coded credit cards or debit cards frequently used with national credit organizations such as VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS, casino player card registry, banks and other institutions.
- the information could also be provided on other writable media, such as an RFID chip with writable memory, or bar coding, as just a few examples.
- the user identification could include coding for available credit amounts purchased from a casino.
- the identification card or other user-specific instrument may include specially coded data indicating security information such as would allow accessing or identifying stored security information which must be confirmed by the user after scanning the user identification card through a card reader.
- security information might include such things as file access numbers which allow the central processor to access a stored security clearance code which the user must indicate using input options provided on displays using touch screen displays.
- participant identification using a fingerprint image, eye blood vessel image reader, or other suitable biological information to confirm identity of the user that can be built into the table.
- participant identification information by having the pit personnel manually code in the information in response to the player indicating his or her code name or real name.
- Such additional identification could also be used to confirm credit use of a smart card or transponder. All or part of the functions dedicated to a particular player station are controlled by the player station intelligence in one form of the invention. Additionally, each player station intelligence may be in communication with a casino accounting system.
- the continuous screen can alternatively be provided with suitable display cowlings or covers that can be used to shield display of card images from viewing by anyone other than the player in games where that is desirable.
- This shielding can also be effected by having light-orientation elements in the panel, and some of these light-orientation elements are electronically controllable.
- the processor can allow general viewing of cards in games where that is desirable or tolerated, and then alter the screen where desired.
- These types of features can be provided by nanometer, micrometer or other small particulate or flake elements within a panel on the viewing area that are reoriented by signals from the processor.
- liquid crystal or photo chromatic displays can be used to create a screening effect that would allow only viewers at specific angles of view from the screen area to view the images of cards.
- Such an alternative construction may be desired in systems designed for card games different from blackjack, where some or all of the player or dealer cards are not presented for viewing by other participants or onlookers.
- Such display covers or cowlings can be in various shapes and configurations as needed to prevent viewing access. It may alternatively be acceptable to use a player-controlled switch that allows the display to be momentarily viewed and then turned off.
- the display can be shielded using a cover or merely by using the player's hands. Still further it is possible to use a touch screen display that would be controlled by touch to turn on and turn off. Similar shielding can be used to prevent others from viewing the display.
- FIG. 1 shows a fully automated gaming table 1 of the prior art, as disclosed in U.S. Patent Application 2003/0199316.
- the system 1 comprises a vertical upright display cabinet 2 and a player bank or station cluster arrangement 3 .
- the vertical display cabinet 2 has a viewing screen 7 on which images of the virtual dealer are displayed.
- the top 8 of the player bank arrangement 3 has individual monitor screens 10 for each player position, as well and tabletop inserted coin acceptors 11 , and player controls 12 and 13 .
- Speakers 16 a and 16 b are provided for sound transmission and decorative lights 14 are provided.
- FIG. 2 shows an overhead view of the same prior art automated gaming system 1 with the viewing screen 7 shown more clearly as a CRT monitor. It can also be seen that each player position has to form an arc cut into the semicircular player seating area 18 .
- FIG. 3 shows a side view of the same prior art automated gaming system of FIGS. 1 and 2 where the orientation of the three different types of CRT monitors 7 , 9 and 10 are shown.
- FIG. 4 shows the schematic circuitry of a prior art automated system as disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2003/0199316.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of processing circuitry in the game device of FIG. 1 .
- the game device housing comprises a CPU block 20 for controlling the whole device, a picture block 21 for controlling the game screen display, a sound block for producing effect sounds and the like, and a subsystem for reading out CD-ROM.
- the CPU block 20 comprises an SCU (System Control Unit) 200 , a main CPU 201 , RAM 202 , RAM 203 , a sub-CPU 204 , and a CPU bus 205 .
- the main CPU 201 contains a math function similar to a DSP (Digital Signal Processing) so that application software can be executed rapidly.
- DSP Digital Signal Processing
- the RAM 202 is used as the work area for the main CPU 201 .
- the RAM 203 stores the initialization program used for the initialization process.
- the SCU 200 controls the busses 205 , 206 and 207 so that data can be exchanged smoothly among the VEPs 220 and 230 , the DSP 241 , and other components.
- the SCU 200 contains a DMA controller, allowing data (polygon data) for character(s) in the game to be transferred to the VRAM in the picture block 21 . This allows the game machine or other application software to be executed rapidly.
- the sub-CPU 204 is termed an SMPC (System Manager & Peripheral Control). Its functions include collecting sound recognition signals from the sound recognition circuit 15 or image recognition signals from the image recognition circuit 16 in response to requests from the main CPU 201 . On the basis of sound recognition signals or image recognition signals provided by the sub-CPU 204 , the main CPU 201 controls changes in the expression of the character(s) appearing on the game screen, or performs image control pertaining to game development, for example.
- SMPC System Manager & Peripheral Control
- the picture block 21 comprises a first VDP (Video Display Processor) 220 for rendering TV game polygon data characters and polygon screens overlaid on the background image, and a second VDP 230 for rendering scrolling background screens, performing image synthesis of polygon image data and scrolling image data based on priority (image priority order), performing clipping, and the like.
- the first VDP 220 houses a system register 220 a , and is connected to the VRAM (DRAM) 221 and to two frame buffers 222 and 223 .
- Data for rendering the polygons used to represent TV game characters and the like is sent to the first VDP 220 through the main CPU 220 , and the rendering data written to the VRAM 221 is rendered in the form of 16- or 8-bit pixels to the rendering frame buffer 222 (or 223 ).
- the data in the rendered frame buffer 222 (or 223 ) is sent to the second VDP 230 during display mode.
- buffers 222 and 223 are used as frame buffers, providing a double buffer design for switching between rendering and display for each individual frame.
- the first VDP 220 controls rendering and display in accordance with the instructions established in the system register 220 a of the first VDP 220 by the main CPU 201 via the SCU 200 .
- the second VDP 230 houses a register 230 a and color RAM 230 b , and is connected to the VRAM 231 .
- the second VDP 230 is connected via the bus 207 to the first VDP 220 and the SCU 200 , and is connected to picture output terminals Voa through Vog through memories 232 a through 232 g and encoders 260 a through 260 g .
- the picture output terminals Voa through Vog are connected through cables to the display 7 and the satellite displays 10 .
- Scrolling screen data for the second VDP 230 is defined in the VRAM 231 and the color RAM 230 b by the CPU 201 through the SCU 200 .
- Information for-controlling image display is similarly defined in the second VDP 230 .
- Data defined in the VRAM 231 is read out in accordance with the contents established in the register 230 a by the second VDP 230 , and serves as image data for the scrolling screens that portray the background for the character(s).
- Image data for each scrolling screen and image data of texture-mapped polygon data sent from the first VDP 220 is assigned display priority (priority) in accordance with the settings in the register 230 a , and the final image screen data is synthesized.
- the second VDP 230 reads out the color data defined in the color RAM 230 b in accordance with the values thereof, and produces the display color data. Color data is produced for each display 7 and 9 and for each satellite display 10 . Where display image data is in RGB format, the display image data is used as-is as display color data. The display color data is temporarily stored in memories 232 a - 232 f and is then output to the encoders 260 a - 260 f . The encoders 260 a - 260 f produce picture signals by adding synchronizing signals to the image data, which is then sent via the picture output terminals Voa through Vog to the display 7 and the satellite displays 10 . In this way, the images required to conduct an interactive game are displayed on the screens of the display 7 and the satellite displays 10 .
- the sound block 22 comprises a DSP 240 for performing sound synthesis using PCM format or FM format, and a CPU 241 for controlling the DSP 240 .
- Sound data generated by the DSP 240 is converted into 2-channel sound signals by a D/A converter 270 and is then presented to audio output terminals Ao via interface 271 .
- These audio output terminals Ao are connected to the input terminals of an audio amplification circuit.
- the sound signals presented to the audio output terminals Ao are input to the audio amplification circuit (not shown). Sound signals amplified by the audio amplification circuit drive the speakers 16 a and 16 b .
- the subsystem 23 comprises a CD-ROM drive 19 b , a CD-I/F 280 , and CPU 281 , an MPEG-AUDIO section 282 , and an MPEG-PICTURE section 283 .
- the subsystem 23 has the function of reading application software provided in the form of a CD-ROM and reproducing the animation.
- the CD-ROM drive 19 b reads out data from CD-ROM.
- the CPU 281 controls the CD-ROM drive 19 b and performs error correction on the data read out by it.
- Data read from the CD-ROM is sent via the CD-I/F 280 , bus 206 , and SCU 200 to the main CPU 201 that uses it as the application software.
- the MPEG-AUDIO section 282 and the MPEG-PICTURE section 283 are used to expand data that has been compressed in MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Group) format.
- MPEG Motion Picture Expert Group
- processors for the CPU block, video block, sound block, CD-ROM drive and Memory with their independent PCU's. This requires significant computing power and still has dumb (no intelligence) player input components.
- FIG. 5 shows an example of an automated table system 101 useful to practice the game play methods of the present invention.
- the system 101 has an upright dealer display cabinet 102 with a top 104 and the dealer viewing screen 107 which may be any form of display screen such as a CRT, plasma screen, liquid crystal screen, LED screen or the like.
- the player bank arrangement 103 has a continuous display screen 109 on which images of cards being dealt 105 , dealer's cards 108 , bets wagered 111 and touch screen player input functions 110 are displayed.
- Other player input functions may be provided on a panel 106 which might accept currency, coins, tokens, identification cards, player tracking cards, ticket in/ticket out acceptance, and the like.
- FIG. 6 shows an electronic/processor schematic for a MultiPlayer Platform (MPP) gaming system according to the presently described system.
- the MPP Game engine (dealer) comprises a Heber Pluto 5 casino game board 200 (Motorola 68340 board) operating off the PC Platform Pentium® 4 MPP Game Display processor 202 .
- the game display processor operates on a Windows XP platform.
- the respective subcomponents on the Pentium 4 processor are labeled to show the apportionment of activity on the motherboard and the component parts added to the board.
- the game engine has an Uninterruptible Power Supply 204 .
- the game display processor directs activity on the Speakers, directs activities onto the MPP Game Service panel, and the Plasma Monitor Card Table display. It is important to note that all communications are direct from the game display processor, freeing up resources available to the game engine processor.
- FIG. 7 shows the electronic/processing schematics of the MPP Player Station Intelligence board (Heber Pluto 5 Casino, Motorola 68340), each of which player stations (one for each player position) is in direct connection to the MPP Game Engine (Dealer), which is in turn directly connected to the PC Platform. (not shown in this Figure).
- Each Intelligence board receives information for all player input systems specific to that player station, such as the shown Coin Acceptor, Coin Hopper, Bill validator, Ticket Printer, Touch Screen and/or Display Button Panel, Dual Wire Ticket-in-Ticket-Out Printing and SAS System (SAS is one exemplary standard communications protocol used by a number of casinos central computer systems.)
- SAS is one exemplary standard communications protocol used by a number of casinos central computer systems.
- the above-described architecture is also an improvement in providing a system with not only the intelligence at each player position, but also in redistributing processing capability for functions among various processing components within the gaming system.
- all functions of the gaming engine except for the player localized intelligence functions, are consolidated into a single PC (e.g., the Pentium 4 shown in the Figures). This would include all game functions, player video functions, dealer video functions, dealer audio functions, security, central reporting (to a casino's central computer, for example), currency and debit functions, alarm functions, lighting functions, and all other peripherals on the system, except for the localized player functions.
- all functions requiring communication with the casino's main computer system are located on the player station intelligent boards. In this system, the main game processor would talk directly with the player intelligent boards, preferably in the same novel communication format described below.
- FIGS. 6 , 7 and 8 An alternative system is shown in FIGS. 6 , 7 and 8 , where there is a dealer engine processor intermediate the main game PC and the Player intelligent boards. Both systems are a distinct improvement over the prior art, but with the higher power available for PC's, and with the ease of programming a PC as opposed to an embedded system, the consolidation of the game functions and the ability of the main game engine to communicate with each of the player positions is enabled.
- the Game display processor 300 is preferably a Pentium® 4 PC and is separate from the main processor. With the player intelligent boards, the main game PC can receive packets of information from each player station as events occur rather than having to poll each player position on a regular basis 100 times to gain the specific information for each player input that may be made.
- a description of the Heber Board, (an exemplary board that can be used as a player station processor and/or game engine processor 16 ) a commercially available intelligent processing board is as follows.
- the Heber Board is known for its reliability and flexibility, especially for the Pluto 5 family of gaming products.
- the Pluto 5 is the controller of choice for the global gaming industry. Flexibility comes from a set of features built into the Pluto 5 (Casino) controller, and from the choice of optional add-on boards that can be used to adapt the Pluto family to best suit individual applications.
- RS485 is an industrial-grade board for linking multiple systems in unforgiving circumstances for centralized information gathering.
- the Heber RS485 board is fully opto-isolated to provide complete circuit safety when used within ‘electrically noisy’ environments.
- the RS485 board uses a single RS232 connection to the Pluto 5 board and all necessary power is also derived through this link.
- Two header connectors may be provided for the RS485 channel to allow daisy chain connections between multiple systems.
- This board specializes in communicating with industry standard note/coin acceptors and payout hoppers. Equipped with dual communication channels, each port is configurable to use either the HII format to connect with Mars® coin/note acceptors or the ccTalk format for Money Controls® hoppers. Both channels are controlled via a single RS232 connection to the Pluto 5 board and all necessary power is also derived through this link.
- the Heber FastTrackTM package contains modular library functions for passing information via these channels.
- the relay board allows control of medium- to high-level loads such as solenoids, without risk of damage or interference to the Pluto 5 circuitry.
- Four power-switching channels are available with absolute isolation from the Pluto 5 control signals.
- Each relay is capable of switching direct or alternating currents of up to 7A at a maximum voltage of 250V.
- the player station satellite processor is substantially the same as the primary game engine processor, a Heber Pluto 5 Casino board.
- the satellite processors receive instruction from the primary game engine but then handle the communications with player station peripherals independently.
- Each satellite processor communicates with only the peripherals at the same player station.
- each player station has a dedicated satellite processor communicating with only the peripherals at the same player station and with the casino's central computer system.
- the peripherals are, but not limited to: Slot accounting Systems, Bill Validator, Ticket Printer, Coin Acceptor, Coin Hopper, Meters, Button panel or LCD touch screen and various doors and keys.
- the satellite processors run proprietary software to enable functionality.
- the player station software is comprised of two modules, the first being an OS similar to the game engine Operating System and the second being station software that handles peripheral communications.
- the software may be installed on EPROMs for each satellite processor.
- the primary method of communication between the satellite processors and the primary game engine is via serial connectivity and the previously described protocol.
- information packets are prepared by the satellite processors and are sent to the game engine processor on the happening of an event.
- the proposed game engine provides communication to the player stations to set the game state, activate buttons and receive button and meter information for each player station. Communication is via a serial connection to each of the stations.
- the new protocol for communication between the game engine, game display and player stations is an event driven packet-for-packet bi-directional protocol with Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) verification. This is distinguished from the Sega system that used continuous polling. This communication method frees up resources in the same engine processor because the processor no longer needs to poll the satellites continuously or periodically.
- the new protocol uses embedded acknowledgement and sequence checking.
- the packet-for-packet protocol uses a Command Packet, Response Packet and a Synchronization Packet as illustrated below.
- the protocol uses standard ASCII characters to send data and a proprietary verification method.
- the Command Packet and Response Packet are used during primary game communications.
- the protocol uses redundant acknowledgement. For example: The packet is initially acknowledged when first received by the recipient. The same recipient will resend anther acknowledgement in the next communication. This second acknowledgement is the ‘PRV’ data in the response packet.
- the communications between the Game Engine and the Player Station intelligence is preferably a transaction-based protocol. Either device can start a transaction, which is why it is essential that there be an intelligent board at each player position. All packets of information may be sent in any acceptable format, with ASCII format preferred as a matter of designer choice. All command packets usually contain a sequence number that is incremented after each successful packet exchange. The Game Engine and the Player Station intelligence use sequence numbers that are independent of each other. The sequence number keeps the communications in synchronization. This synchronization method is described later.
- the command packet is used to send various commands such as Inputs, Lamps, Doors, Errors, Chirp, Game Results, player input, coin acceptance, player identification, credit acceptance, wagers, etc. . . .
- the command packet format may be, by ay of a non-limiting example:
- the data format with in the command packet may be:
- the response packet format may be:
- the sync request packet format may be:
- the sync response packet format may be:
- a major strength of the protocol is its resilience of the Game Protocol and its ability to free up resources within the game engine. Those resources can in turn be used to provide more intricate games, and multi-media affects.
- the satellite and host must become synchronized in order to provide for reliable communications using packet numbers.
- a novel protocol synchronization method that is used.
- the satellite Upon applying power to the satellite, or after a communications failure, the satellite automatically enters into synchronization mode. In the synchronization mode the satellite sends out the ASCII SYN (0 ⁇ 16) character about every second. It is expecting a special response packet containing transmit and receive packet sequence numbers to be used from that point on. After receiving the special response packet, the sequence numbers are used as-is, and not incremented until a successful packet exchange is completed. After communications is synchronized, the sequence numbers are incremented after each packet is successfully sent or received.
- the main game processor may contain information, data, programming and other necessary functions to enable the play of multiple games off the same machine.
- the main game engine may have rules and commands that will enable play of high and low games of the present invention and other card games.
- the system may be controlled so that different games may be played at different times on command of the casino or players.
- FIG. 11 is a top elevational view of an exemplary gaming table surface of the multiple player platform device of the present invention, configured to execute the game play steps of Mini-Baccarat with a Dragon Bonus Side Bet.
- the top surface includes a continuous video display screen 109 and multiple control panels 110 .
- Each player control panel 110 includes multiple betting buttons 111 a , 111 b , 111 c that allow the player to play the game.
- the apparatus uses touch screen controls.
- the device preferably operates on credits.
- the player hand wager betting circle 404 shows-chips in area 404 on the display screen 109 .
- the gaming chips are removed from the virtual chip tray 507 (which may be omitted) when the player places currency or tickets in the coin and/or ticket acceptor (not shown) and are displayed in display area 404 (for the player hand), 406 (for the banker wager) and 412 a , 412 b (for the side bet wagers).
- the player wants to bet on the banker hand he depresses button 111 c and his chip representation appears in betting circle 406 .
- buttons 111 b which causes wager to be displayed on the screen 109 in areas 412 a or 412 b .
- the control buttons work in similar fashion to a video poker machine. The player plays on credits of a single denomination and can wager multiples of that denomination on each bet in the primary game by depressing the betting buttons multiple times.
- Players may refer to payout tables for the side bet by viewing pay table 505 displayed on the table.
- the pay table may be fixed, or the actual odds may become more liberal (or less liberal), depending upon variables external to the game rules.
- the pay tables may become more liberal to the player when the player advances to higher wager amounts.
- the pay tables may be considered dynamic. What is meant by “dynamic” is that the payout odds from game to game may vary according to variables external to the game rules such as the identity and/or rating of the player, the time of day, the play session duration, the particular dealer at the table, information the casino collected from the player during hotel registration, historical data on the player, comp credits issued to the player and a host of other possible variations.
- the display 109 as shown in FIG. 11 can be readily seen by all players, and it is to be understood that the player control board 110 , the wagering areas 404 , 406 , 412 a and 412 b are located at every player position.
- the player card area the pay table displays 501 and 505 are available to all players to view, but may or may not be displayed at each individual player location.
- the dynamic display could be present on the main screen 109 , on a separate screen 410 or upright display, be located at each player location or between player locations. As long as the information is viewable to the player, the location of the dynamic display is unimportant.
- the display 109 also includes a virtual chip tray 507 and an area 509 for keeping track of commissions payable to the house, as in a live game of mini baccarat.
- the game includes a virtual dealer display 107 (shown in FIG. 5 ) that shows a representation of a human dealer that responds to the player controls and appears to administer the game by dealing cards, distributing chips, collecting bets and the like.
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Description
Player Wins By | |
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4 | 4 to 1 | ||
3 | 3 to 1 | ||
2 | 2 to 1 | ||
1 | 1 to 1 | ||
Player's 2-Card Hand | Action | ||
0 to 5 | Player may draw 1 | ||
6 or higher | Player must stand | ||
When the player stands (does not draw), the rules for the banker are:
Banker's 2-Card Hand | Action | ||
0 to 5 | Banker must draw 1 | ||
6 or higher | Banker must stand | ||
When the player draws, the rules of play for the banker's hand are traditionally:
Banker's 2-Card Hand | Action | ||
0 to 2 | Banker must draw 1 | ||
3 or higher | Banker must stand | ||
It is to be noted that these are general and common rules that may be used for play of baccarat. The rules are subject to local variation and may be more variable based upon the odds that are provided in the play of the BIG WIN BONUS side bet game of the present invention.
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- a) when the wager was made on the banker's hand or the player's hand (designating that hand as the ‘wagered hand’);
- b) providing and award on the side bet wager when the wagered hand is a natural (when a 2 card hand has a point total of 8 or 9); and
- c) providing an award on the side bet wager when the wagered hand exceeds the other hand by a minimum of 5 points.
The rules of the game may provide for paying an award for b or c in the alternative, or both b and c with the same hand. For example, if the player has a 9 point natural, and has placed both the basic bet and the side bet on the player hand, and the banker has a point count of 3, the house rules may provide a payout for the base game of 1:1, plus a payout on the bonus bet for the natural, the 6 point spread or both. Although in the play of conventional baccarat, only one player hand is dealt, in mini baccarat, all players receive a separate hand of cards in each round of play. The side bet method of the present invention is also suitable for playing in conjunction with the game of mini baccarat. The introduction of a variable payoff scale would have a dramatic impact on best basic player strategy if there were not conventional rules applied to the play of the game with regard to required hits or required stands. The optional hits may be converted to required hits in the rules described above to assure that play in the underlying game is not affected by the additional wager. This would prevent one player at the table controlling hits that would be favorable to that player's wager, yet would be antagonistic to the strategy for the wager of another player. As the player only receives 1:1 payout on the underlying game, and basic strategy usually holds that a player should stay with a count of 5 or 6, there is an incentive for the player to hit hands to increase the possible difference between the winning hand wagered upon (the player's hand or banker's hand) and the other hand (the banker's hand or the player's hand, respectively). This contrasts with the ordinary play of baccarat where standing or hitting such hands is influenced by reference to the card counting or staying with “the book” bet of hitting with hands below 5 or 6 and staying with hands of at least 5 or 6. Moreover, because of the variable payoff scale, a higher or lower player hand has more value, compounding the attraction of not standing on 5 or 6, or if the banker's hand has been wagered on, taking a hit when the player's hand has a good point count.
Outcome | Player | Banker | ||
Win by 9 Points | 30:1 | 30:1 | ||
Win by 8 Points | 10:1 | 15:1 | ||
Win by 7 Points | 9:1 | 9:1 | ||
Win by 6 Points | 4:1 | 6:1 | ||
Win by 5 Points | 1:1 | 1:1 | ||
Natural Winner | 1:1 | 1:1 | ||
In another example of the invention, the pay table is the same for the player hand and the banker hand. An exemplary pay table for one preferred embodiment is shown below:
Outcome | Player or Banker | ||
Win by 9 Points | 30:1 | ||
Win by 8 Points | 10:1 | ||
Win by 7 Points | 8:1 | ||
Win by 6 Points | 5:1 | ||
Win by 5 Points | 3:1 | ||
Natural Winner | 1:1 | ||
Outcome | Player | Banker | ||
Win by 9 Points | 15:1-40:1 | 15:1-40:1 | ||
Win by 8 Points | 6:1-15:1 | 6:1-18:1 | ||
Win by 7 Points | 5:1-10:1 | 5:1-9:1 | ||
Win by 6 Points | 2:1-5:1 | 2:1-7:1 | ||
Win by 5 Points | 1:1-3:1 | 1:1-3:1 | ||
Natural Winner | 1:1-2:1 | 1:1-2:1 | ||
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- RS232 connection to
Pluto 5/Pluto 5 Casino - All power provided via RS232 link from host system
Communication Port - Dual four-way Molex 0.1″ KK headers for daisy chaining purposes
Dimensions - 80×61 mm (3.14×2.4″)
Part Number - Opto-isolated RS485 board
01-14536-2
HII/ccTalk Interface
Host Interface - RS232 connection to
Pluto 5/Pluto 5 Casino - All power provided via RS232 link from host system
Communication Port - Single or dual 10 way header connectors
Dimensions - 101.6×69.85 mm (4×2.8″)
Part Number - Dual channel HII/ccTalk board
01-16171-2
Four Channel Relay Board
Host Interface - Connection to
Pluto 5/Pluto 5 Casino via ribbon cable using four standard output lines - All power provided via ribbon cable link from host system
Switching Capabilities - Up to 250V AC or DC @ 7A maximum per channel
Dimensions - 80×61 mm (3.14×2.4″)
Part Number - Four channel relay board
01-15275-1
80-16949-1
- RS232 connection to
Format of Command Packet |
STX | SEQ | DATA LENGTH | DATA | CRC-16 | |
1 | 1 | 3 | 3-999 | 5 | 1 |
Format of Response Packet |
STX | SEQ | | PRV | ETX | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Format of Synchronization Response Packet |
STX | | MRS | ETX | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Legend For Figures |
STX | Start of Packet Character |
SEQ | Sequence # (Cycles from ‘0’ thru ‘9’) |
LEN | Length of Data Area (‘003’ thru ‘999’) |
DATA | ASCII Data Fields Separated with ‘|’ Character |
CRC | CRC-16 Value (‘0000’ thru ‘65535’) Cyclic Redundancy Check |
ETX | End of Packet Character |
DSP | Disposition Code (‘A’ ACK, ‘N’ NAK, or ‘I’ Invalid Sequence) |
PRV | Sequence Number of Last ACK'ed Packet (0 thru 9) |
MTS | Main's Current Transmit Sequence Number |
MRS | Main's Current Receive Sequence Number |
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- <STX><Sequence number><Data Length><Data><CRC-16><ETX>
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Field 1>|<Field 2>|<Field n>|
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- <STX><Sequence number><Disposition><Previous ACK><ETX>
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